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Coventry citizens are being invited to come together and talk at OneCov 2017 OneCov 2017 is an event inviting members of diverse communities across the city to come together to learn from each other, celebrate our city of many cultures and share ideas for how to live and work better together as a city. The event will be taking place on Saturday 7th October from 12 noon till 3:30pm at Coventry Transport museum. Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for Policing and Equalities at Coventry City Council, Cllr Abdul Khan, said: “OneCov 2017 is an opportunity for us to bring

Posted by Ali Alsaraf The current financial climate and the challenges faced by the public and community sectors are imposing on us the concept of partnership working. The concept is undoubtedly great, but it should not be imposed, it must be developed; it’s a process. A community often shares a place, values and possibly a vision for its locality. So working in partnership can only make sense, but, what does it mean? How does it works, and how is it governed? Partnership working is becoming a buzz phrase but is it a meaningless cliché? In some cases the bridge between

A new major skills-sharing initiative is launching in Coventry this Summer, aiming to connect residents through fun face-to-face learning. But what is skill-sharing all about? Skill-sharing is about creating the opportunity for people to share their skills, experience and insight and to learn from others in return. We believe that our communities are full of skills, experience and insight. Our project is focused on helping to find matches between the skills that people would love to learn, and the skills and insight available in the community. The good news is that there is a “Summer of skill-sharing” coming to

The England Illegal Money Lending Team has funding available for groups that want to raise awareness of the issues of illegal money lending. The money available has come from the proceeds of crime taken from convicted illegal money lenders. Illegal Money Lenders more commonly known as Loan Sharks, lend money without having the correct permissions from the Financial Conduct Authority. They often give cash loans out without any paper work and want double the amount back or charge extortionate interest rates. When you struggle to make repayments they may use violence, threats and intimidation, to ensure you keep paying them.